Crosscurrents

A toolkit to understanding young Arab students' backgrounds, an update on fracking in California, The Great Overland Book Company, and local musicians Blood & Dust.

Indoors Again, After Years on the Albany Bulb; Women in STEM: Interview with Stanford math education researcher Jo Boaler; Bay Area Beats: Meet San Francisco's Mystic Blaze; plus DeCadence.

A San Francisco eviction map, a talk with the SF rental Board, a vegan soul food restaurant in Oakland, and local musicians the Parmeseans.

Bike, Train or Automobile? Three reporters race through morning commute; ROCK program gives Visitacion Valley kids options after school; Hear Here goes to ROCK; plus local band Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers.

Russia's annexation of the Crimea and what local Russians and Ukrainians think about it. Plus local musicians Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors.

Not a Genuine Black Man: Interview with Brian Copeland; Tuning into the history of Aladdin Radio Repair; and local group Jinx Jones and The King Tones.

San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets; meet the most influential, unknown man of the 20th Century: Philo T. Farnsworth; American Jerusalem: Documentary spotlights Jewish history in San Francisco; plus The Bay Area Brass Band.

Reasons why SF landlords don't rent their units,competing interests in mid-Market redevelopment, the uniqueness of Twin Peaks, and local musicians Trio 180.

Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, and ask you to tell us what it is, and where we recorded it. We reveal the story behind our mystery sounds every Thursday on Crosscurrents.

An alternative economy: the Sharing Economy. We look at the Karma Kitchen, using time as a literal currency, and talk to Neal Gorenflo. Plus local musicians The SF Gay Men's Chorus.

Dog show! Breeders, handlers, owners, haters in San Francisco...they're all here. We visit the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at the Cow Palace, the SPCA and ACC animal shelters, the booming dog economy. We hear from a psychologist on the dog-human relationship, and from a person who can't stand canines and the whole dog culture.

A pre-school where everything is taught in Farsi, a dance company in Oakland for the disabled, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musician Eve Decker.

A show on homelessness: Using a public bus as a hotel, San Francisco's solutions to homelessness, providing showers for those who don't have them, and local musicians Spider Heart.

Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker; Urban Astronomy: Here come more eclipses than you can shake a stick at; and Bay Area Beats: The SHE's.

Interview: With 'Ripper,' Isabel Allende aims to thrill; Lunada: Lit on the full moon; Segment X: Julia Stinks; and local band Foreverland.

San Francisco's mid-Market redevelopment and breaks for tech companies, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Marc and The Casuals.

Details of State Senator Leland Yee's case; and Oakland's first gang-unit member recalls a dangerous Chinatown.

Meals on Wheels: Food and fellowship for Oakland's elders; a conversation with New America Media's Paul Kleyman about the senior citizens of San Francisco; dancing with the ladies in line; and The Cetaceans.

An interview with former President Jimmy Carter on his new book, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power"

A recording studio that's training women and girls in all things audio; a local Pakistani artist's paintings reflect the colors and calligraphy of home; new documentary about one of the most publicized sexual harassment cases in US history; and local band Chrome Johnson.

A Crosscurrents and SF Public Press special on PTA fundraising in San Francisco and the disparity it is creating among elementary school funding. Plus local musician Melanie Ida Chopko.

Airbnb in San Francisco makes it harder for people looking for long-term housing, a centenarian, and local musicians Known to Collapse.

The view from the Bayview Operahouse; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: James Martin mentors Bayview's fathers; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and the San Francisco Gay Man's Chorus.

Iraqi refugee Ahmed Al Kubaisi's story.

Using new gadgetry to make government information more easily accessible, Oakland's first ever Chief Information Officer, transforming traditional Mexican music with electronic beats, and local musicians Tumbleweed Wanderers.